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A Deadly Game
- Author
- Joanne Griffiths
- Narrator
- Nathaniel
- Publisher
- Bloodhound Books
- Publish Date
- 16 June 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A police detective must track down a serial killer terrorizing the women of Birmingham in this debut crime thriller.
This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.
Kate Palmer, an undergraduate student, discovers that she is pregnant and makes the decision to drop out of university. However, on the evening before she returns home, her body is discovered in Aston Park. She is the first victim of several murders that will rock the city of Birmingham.
DS James "Jim" Wardell, who has his own issues to contend with, is given the case.
When Eddie Carter, a popular talk show host on Birmingham's radio station, is contacted by someone claiming to be the killer, it is the start of a cat and mouse game between a deranged killer and the police.
After a second body is discovered the pressure mounts on the police to find out who is killing these women and why.
Can Jim apprehend the twisted killer before more innocent women are murdered?
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Details
- Author
- Joanne Griffiths
- Narrator
- Nathaniel
- Duration
- 9 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9798337212173
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloodhound Books
- Genre
- Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
A police detective must track down a serial killer terrorizing the women of Birmingham in this debut crime thriller. This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling. Kate Palmer, an undergraduate student, discovers that she is pregnant and makes the decision to drop out of university. However, on the evening before she returns home, her body is discovered in Aston Park. She is the first victim of several murders that will rock the city of Birmingham. DS James "Jim" Wardell, who has his own issues to contend with, is given the case. When Eddie Carter, a popular talk show host on Birmingham's radio station, is contacted by someone claiming to be the killer, it is the start of a cat and mouse game between a deranged killer and the police. After a second body is discovered the pressure mounts on the police to find out who is killing these women and why. Can Jim apprehend the twisted killer before more innocent women are murdered?
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